| NOUN | substance | germanium, Ge, atomic number 32 | a brittle / brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors |
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| Meaning | A brittle / brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite. | |
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| Synonyms | Ge, atomic number 32 | |
| Broader | chemical element, element | Any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter |
| semiconductor, semiconducting material | A substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator | |
| Substance of | argyrodite | A rare steel-grey mineral consisting of silver and germanium and sulfur |
| germanite | A rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfide | |
| Spanish | germanio, número atómico 32 | |
| Catalan | germani, número atòmic 32 | |
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